And so.....it has come to this.
Posted by: JonR on 11 May 2005
Today the head of IT at the US investment bank I work for called me up and invited me into one of the meeting rooms at work for a 'conversation'. Now, the head of IT never calls me into a meeting unless it's about something serious, and this, unfortunately, was no exception.
Anyway to cut a long story short, my job has been put 'at risk', meaning that unless I can find another position within the business in the next 4-5 weeks, I will officially be made redundant, sometime around mid-June.
I have a formal meeting at our main offices next Wednesday when a representative of HR will be present, when I will have the options laid out to me and, I think, details of whatever redundancy package there is available.
In the meantime I have been told that apart from that meeting there is no need for me to come to work, and that I should use the time instead to do whatever I need to do to find alternative employment. So whatever happens my days in IT are over.
I know I've been complaining for some while about my job and the fact that I've been doing it too long, that my full potential is not being exploited, etc. But I wanted to be the one to tell them I was going, not the other way around! Typical!!
This could, however, be just the kick up the backside I need, and I could well see this as the first day of the rest of my life. It's just that, at the moment, it doesn't feel like that right now. I'm just a little bit gutted
Oh well, them's the breaks, innit
Cheers,
Jon
Anyway to cut a long story short, my job has been put 'at risk', meaning that unless I can find another position within the business in the next 4-5 weeks, I will officially be made redundant, sometime around mid-June.
I have a formal meeting at our main offices next Wednesday when a representative of HR will be present, when I will have the options laid out to me and, I think, details of whatever redundancy package there is available.
In the meantime I have been told that apart from that meeting there is no need for me to come to work, and that I should use the time instead to do whatever I need to do to find alternative employment. So whatever happens my days in IT are over.
I know I've been complaining for some while about my job and the fact that I've been doing it too long, that my full potential is not being exploited, etc. But I wanted to be the one to tell them I was going, not the other way around! Typical!!
This could, however, be just the kick up the backside I need, and I could well see this as the first day of the rest of my life. It's just that, at the moment, it doesn't feel like that right now. I'm just a little bit gutted
Oh well, them's the breaks, innit
Cheers,
Jon
Harry and Nime,
If you're both going to exhibit some timely common sense (must be cos it's a Friday I s'pose
) then I'm glad you're both doing it on one of my threads! 
Cheers,
Jon
PS: Harry, you're exceptional generosity is noted. When my big break comes a case of champagne will be winging its way to your little corner of Somerset... 
If you're both going to exhibit some timely common sense (must be cos it's a Friday I s'pose
) then I'm glad you're both doing it on one of my threads! Cheers,
Jon
PS: Harry, you're exceptional generosity is noted. When my big break comes a case of champagne will be winging its way to your little corner of Somerset...
quote:Originally posted by JonR:
Harry and Nime,
must be cos it's a Friday I s'pose.
Speak for yourself. I'm on leave and it hasn't stopped bucketing down for a fortnight with all the usual accessories. (Thunder and lightning, permanently soggy cat, free car wash etc.)
Can't complain though, the ark is coming along nicely.
Really Nime? You mean to tell me the weather is worse in Denmark than here in the UK right now??
Amazing!
Amazing!
We had quite a decent dust devil in the field just outside the garden.... 
Not funny about Birmingham though. We lost some of our roof in the '99 storm. Very unpleasant indeed. I wouldn't wish those winds on anyone. We had hours and hours of it roaring away in the darkness. 3 days without power or water in December! Trees down everywhere including some of ours. Masses of homes and buildings damaged. Vast forests of large conifers literally snapped off half way up the trunks. Just like battlefields in WW1 in some places. Let's hope global warming doesn't bring more of the same.
Not funny about Birmingham though. We lost some of our roof in the '99 storm. Very unpleasant indeed. I wouldn't wish those winds on anyone. We had hours and hours of it roaring away in the darkness. 3 days without power or water in December! Trees down everywhere including some of ours. Masses of homes and buildings damaged. Vast forests of large conifers literally snapped off half way up the trunks. Just like battlefields in WW1 in some places. Let's hope global warming doesn't bring more of the same.
Thanks very much Jon - that's something to look forward to
The rain and wind here has saved me a car wash or several. Yesterday the gazeebo got picked up by the wind, uprooted from the patio (leaving a number of holes behind) and vaulted over a six foot fence onto next door's conservatory. Oh how we laughed as we picked through the wreckage.
Rain of frogs tomorrow probably....
The rain and wind here has saved me a car wash or several. Yesterday the gazeebo got picked up by the wind, uprooted from the patio (leaving a number of holes behind) and vaulted over a six foot fence onto next door's conservatory. Oh how we laughed as we picked through the wreckage.
Rain of frogs tomorrow probably....